People were still taking photos on potatoes when Egbo was playing for Palace

London you say?

Yep, Egbo played for Hackney JFC and Afewee Urban before signing professional terms with Palace.

Why swap England for Germany?

For exactly the reasons we saw on Sunday. Upon signing for Gladbach Egbo told The Guardian: “I’d read that the chances of coming through a club into the senior team were higher here than anywhere else in Europe’s major leagues.”

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